Example sentences of "take up [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | This theory also implies that the internal body clock takes up to five years to develop fully . |
| 2 | Alkaline and moderately rich in minerals , it takes up to 80 years to filter through 295 feet of sand , clay , shale , coal and siltstone . |
| 3 | A top Oxford orthopaedic surgeon says it takes up to ten years to measure the success of a joint , but the maunfacturers come up with new , improved versions each year . |
| 4 | It is thought certain that Mr Ward will fight extradition proceedings , which as a result could take up to two years to bring to a conclusion . |
| 5 | Record sales in foreign territories can take up to two years before they are paid . |
| 6 | That could take up to two years . |
| 7 | These completely non-invasive techniques have the advantage of being carried out on an outpatient basis but the treatment may take up to two years . |
| 8 | ‘ It would take up to two years to collect the information and in the meantime we would restore the old rates , ’ he said . |
| 9 | They 've promised to do so as soon as a new constitution has been written , but western diplomats say that could take up to two years . |
| 10 | According to one Whitehall source , if present trends continue , the case could take up to six years before a final decision is delivered . |
| 11 | In addition to the time lag while the act was being understood , it can take up to four years for an insolvency practitioner to lodge a report and then for a disqualification order to be made . |
| 12 | It could take up to four years before a full hearing in the European Court , but Liberty 's legal officer , John Wadham , suggested yesterday that the action might prompt the Government to include a mechanism for complaints over GCHQ in its forthcoming bill to put the Secret Intelligence Service , MI6 , on a statutory footing . |
| 13 | The doctor explained that moles can take up to 10 years to appear , or for existing ones to become bigger or darker . |
| 14 | They suggest that the species could take up to 70 years to recover , and estimate that some 150,000 murres died as a result of the spill . |
| 15 | THE BODY set up to protect Welsh historic monuments could take up to 60 years to list all the important buildings , its chief executive admitted yesterday . |
| 16 | The dragonfly nymphs may take up to 2 years before they moult into the adult form . |
| 17 | It can take up to ten years to readjust to this new market situation . |
| 18 | However , he said the whole project , which involves a range of authorities from Tendring District Council to English Nature , could take up to ten years to complete . |
| 19 | Nitrogen can take up to 20 years to pollute water and , therefore , is a very long term problem . |
| 20 | ELECTRICAL plugs and sockets throughout Europe are to be standardised — but the conversion could take up to 30 years , say experts . |
| 21 | The project , which may take up to 30 years to complete , envisages canalizing the Apure river , together with three other tributaries of the Orinoco , and thereby draining 30,000 square kilometres of llanos , — seasonally-flooded savannah . |
| 22 | He hedged a bit , saying that the shift might take up to 15 years and that a ministry or two might stay behind . |
| 23 | It also said that it could take up to 15 years to clean up oil pollution along the Saudi Arabian coast . |
| 24 | Officials say that unless this can be speeded up , it will take up to three years before the detention centres can be emptied of their present populations . |
| 25 | But for most retirees , acquiring unconditional non-resident status can take up to three years . |
| 26 | Because so few of the policy-makers have had direct experience of business , they seem to find it impossible to believe that when , for instance , interest rates fall , the positive effect on business confidence and hence on investment decisions may take up to three years to work through . |
| 27 | The inquiry will take up to three years but councillors are determined to make sure properties come up to scratch . |
| 28 | In fact , there has been talk of it taking up to four years to give effect to this , during which time who knows how many young people will die , while the Home Office and the Home Secretary drag their feet ? |
| 29 | The survey , costing £85,000 and taking up to two years to complete , has been prompted by American studies which have led to calls for the banning of some chemicals . |
| 30 | The building is currently shrouded in scaffolding and plastic sheeting , and rebuilding of the outer skin of bricks is expected to take up to two years . |